The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-07-01

speak for Hawaiians because you for
elgners can speak for yourselves ano
look out for yourselves, but many OIL
these Hawaiians are ignorant and have
been deserted by their leaders. ! AM
the representative Of the constituency
of MolJkai and spent some weeks there
last summer and Iwish to say that the
Hawaiians on Molokai are with you to
a man 1t may be that this letter from
HIS Majesty was meant to head of
these resolutions. | remember reading
somewhere Of a man who was ing to
shoot a coon and the coon said
Don't shoot LII coined own.
History repeats itself We all
remember the Kings message
to the Legislature in 1884, recommend
ing economy and asking that 1t should
begin with His Majestys privy purse.
| That message was accepted IN good
faith and there was a grand torchlIght
procession to the Palace to thank him
Il carried torch in that procession
myself-butit wasfollowed by appropria-
tons enormously in excess of the reve-
nue.. And again in 1886 came another
message fVr retrenchment, but this time
It didn't wash. There was a meeting on
former occasion to protest against
bad government, and into the midst Of
Il some one came and said, cts ali
right; the King has appointed a new
ministry" and there were three cheers
for the King and that was the last OF it.
The King was taken at his word. L
noticed that there we're no cheers pro.
posed for the King today. 1t is not
sufficient TO have the King accept these
resolutions; we must have a new con-
stitution, aud must have it now. Al
constitution is contract, and If the
King and the people both agree to
change II there is no violation of con
stitutional rights and no revolution. nj
we have let things come to this pitch
and now take the King at his word, il
IS to rely on wind. Let change in
the constitution be the first and last,
and only thing il necessary, but let that
be the one to be insisted on till the
last moment.
SPEECH OF HON. PAUL isENBERG.
Hon. Paul 1senberg said: Gentle
men, there has been a good deal said
already and | don't wish to say much
more. 1 agree with much that has
been said; but to demand a new con-
stitution at once is, think, going too
far. We must 90 about il in legal
manner to gain the respect Of the world |
"a voice-What Assembly gave us this
constitutionO The speaker continuing
remarked that nothing would be lost
by proceeding in regular manner. An
extra session Of the Legislature could |
be called. An interruption in the
audience provoked a good natured re-
mark about waiting another period for
reform, which provoked such demon
stration of dissent that the speaker
look his seat
Captain II. S. Swinton addressed |
the Hawaiians in their own language
with marked effect
SPEECH or A. YOUNG.
Mr.. Young said that he was happy
to have the nonor of representing the
honest sons Of toll He used to be
proud while travelling to say that he
was from the Hawaiian Islands, but he
aust confess that of late he had to
hide his face and blush for shame when
he found that flag stunk in his face.
Although not an old man he was no
chicken, but he would shoulder mus.
ket to-day in defense of Kalaka.
IA il he would be Kalakaua and
not Il knave. lie wished the king was
in the midst Of this assembly, where he
would be safer than in the hands Of
Moreno or Gibson. He was not law
yer enough to know if a new constitu-
ton could be had in FIVE minutes, but
they could have one as soon as posi-
BILE. There was not coward in that
meeting and there was no need to do any
thing rashly. They were going to strike
the IRON while it was hot and have
constitution. If the king would not
grant it they would make him. Put it
in the hands Of good men and if that
constitution did not hold water the
same power that made it could make
another.
SPEECH OF DIR. S. C. TUCKER.
DR. Tucker said they we're like
body of doctors I'm consultation and
this was very sick patient "When
the devil was sick, the devil saint
would be- they did not know how
much honesty there was in that sub
mission Ct the king, because it was
granted before it was asked. That
sycophant (Gibson) is at work yet; his
hand is in this; this is his scheme to
get ahead of u.s. When the speaker
came to this country there we're mutter.
ings Of discomfort, and it was all Walter
Murray Gibson. We arraign the king.
He does not know that this assembly, |
largely composed of men who think
that kings are not of much account